butter

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈbʌtə/    美 /ˈbʌtɚ/|[ˈbʌɾɚ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk). uncountable,usually
  2. Someone or something that butts.
    — […] these animals lacked self-correcting mechanisms of the kind seen in modern head-butters such as goats and big-horn sheep that would have kept the tremendous forces aligned with the rest of the skeleton.
  3. Any of various foodstuffs made from other foods or oils, similar in consistency to, eaten like or intended as a substitute for butter (preceded by the name of the food used to make it). uncountable,usually
    — peanut butter
  4. Someone or something that butts in; a busybody.
  5. Any of various substances made from other (especially plant-based) oils or fats, used in moisturizers, cosmetics, etc. uncountable,usually
    — Butters such as cocoa, illippe, kokum, mango, murumuru, sal (shorea) and shea occur naturally and are obtained directly from the plant.
  6. Any specific soft substance. obsolete,uncountable,usually
    — butter of antimony; butter of arsenic
  7. Something that is smooth, impressive, or appealing. (Compare smooth as butter.) attributive,slang,sometimes,uncountable,usually
    — That “Confessions” into “Nice and Slow” transition [at the Super Bowl LVIII halftime show] was buttah !
  8. Something that is smooth, impressive, or appealing. (Compare smooth as butter.); A smooth plane landing. attributive,slang,sometimes,uncountable,usually
    — That landing was total butter!
动词 v.
  1. To spread butter on. transitive
    — Butter the toast.
  2. To move one's weight backwards or forwards onto the tips or tails of one's skis or snowboard so only the tip or tail is in contact with the snow. Similar to applying butter to bread with the end of a knife.
  3. To move one's weight backwards or forwards onto the tips or tails of one's skis or snowboard so only the tip or tail is in contact with the snow. Similar to applying butter to bread with the end of a knife.; To spin on skis or a snowboard using only the tips or tails being in contact with the snow
  4. To increase (stakes) at every throw of dice, or every game. obsolete,slang,transitive

词形变化

butters plural butta alternative,slang buttah alternative,slang butters present,singular,third-person buttering participle,present buttered participle,past buttered past butta alternative,slang buttah alternative,slang butters plural

词汇关系

衍生词
almond-butter almond butter apple butter back-butter back butter bean-butter black butter blue butter body butter bog butter brandy butter bread and butter bread-and-butter bread-and-butter issue bread-and-butter letter bread-and-butter note bread-and-butter pickle bread-and-butter plate bread and butter pudding brown butter budder bull butter butterable butter-and-egger butter-and-egg man butter-and-egg money butter-and-eggs butter bar butter bean butterbird butter board butter boat butter bomb butter-box butter bread butter brickle butterburger butterbutt butter cake butter chicken butter clam butter cream buttercream buttercrunch butter curler butter dish butterdock butterer butter face butterface butterfaced butter fat butter-fat butter-fingered butter fingers butter flap butter flower butter fruit butterhead butterhorn butter icing butter keeper butter lamp butterleaf butterlike butterman butter measure buttermint butter mochi buttermonger butter mountain butter-muslin butter muslin butter of antimony butter of arsenic butter of tin butter of zinc butter oil butteroil butter paddle butter paper butter pat butter pear butter pie butter plate butter salt butter scoop butterscotch butter-slide butter slime butterspoon butter tart butter tea butter tofu butter tooth butter tree butter will not melt in someone's mouth butter-woman butterwoman butter won't melt in someone's mouth butter would not melt in someone's mouth butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth butter yellow cacao butter cannabutter clarified butter cocoa butter compound butter cookie butter cowboy butter Cumberland rum butter drawn butter duck butter egg butter fairies' butter fairy butter garlic butter gooey butter cake green butter guns and butter head butter head-butter herb butter honey butter kanya butter karite butter knob of butter kombo butter land with one's bum in the butter like a hot knife through butter like a knife through butter like butter on a bald monkey lung butter maître d' butter maple butter melt someone's butter midshipman's butter movie theater butter nonbutter nun's butter nut-brown butter nut butter nutter palm-butter palm butter pea butter peanut butter peanut-butter-and-jelly peanut butter and jelly peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich peanut butter cup peanut-butter cup plant butter poor man's butter print butter process butter put butter on one's bread rebutter renovated butter rock butter rum butter school-butter shea butter shea butter tree smooth as butter snail butter snuff-and-butter sugar-butter sauce sweet butter tanning butter truffle butter vegan butter vegetable butter whatever melts your butter whipped butter whiskey butter whisky butter witches' butter butter down buttered buttering butter my butt and call it a biscuit butter my butt and call me a biscuit butter one's bread and lie in it butter one's bread on both sides butter out butter someone's biscuit butter the cony butter up fine words butter no parsnips have one's bread buttered for life know which side one's bread is buttered on nosebutter nosebuttered nosebuttering tailbutter tailbuttered tailbuttering whatever butters your biscuit whatever butters your biscuits whatever butters your bread whatever butters your muffin whatever butters your toast
相关词
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词源

词源 1
PIE word
*gʷṓws
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws
Proto-Hellenic *gʷous
Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs)
Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-rós
Proto-Indo-European *tuh₂rós
Proto-Hellenic *tūrós
Ancient Greek τυρός (turós)
Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron)bor.
Latin būtȳrumbor.
Proto-West Germanic *buterā
Old English butere
Middle English buter
English butter
From Middle English buter, butter, from Old English butere, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, “cow cheese”), compound of βοῦς (boûs, “ox, cow”) and τῡρός (tūrós, “cheese”).
Cognate with Dutch boter and German Butter.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English butt
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English butter
From butt + -er.
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